Chapter 12. Acute Coronary Syndrome

  1. Stephen Jackson Professor of Geriatric Medicine3,
  2. Paul Jansen4,
  3. Arduino Mangoni5
  1. Derek Yiu1,
  2. Arduino Mangoni2

Published Online: 2 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9780470017975.ch12

Book Title

Prescribing for Elderly Patients

Prescribing for Elderly Patients

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How to Cite

Yiu, D. and Mangoni, A. (2009) Acute Coronary Syndrome, in Prescribing for Elderly Patients (eds S. Jackson, P. Jansen and A. Mangoni), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470017975.ch12

Editor Information

  1. 3

    Department of Clinical Gerontology, King's College Hospital, London, UK

  2. 4

    Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  3. 5

    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Centre for Neurosciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

  2. 2

    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 2 APR 2009
  2. Published Print: 27 MAY 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470024287

Online ISBN: 9780470017975

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Keywords:

  • acute coronary syndrome (ACS);
  • coronary artery disease - severe and diffuse with advancing age;
  • ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI);
  • non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI);
  • unstable angina (UA);
  • management of non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome;
  • angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor antagonists (ARA);
  • European society of cardiology guidelines

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Aetiology

  • Symptoms and signs

  • Diagnosis

  • Therapy

  • Therapy scheme of the advised drugs

  • Key points

  • Guidelines

  • Acknowledgements

  • References

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